by Marcus Washington
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Lights! Camera! Action! It's something Nashvillians could soon be hearing more of, if a movie shot and produced in the mid-state catches widespread attention.
It's a movie that is truly a product of Middle Tennessee
"Everything about this project is a Nashville project, a Tennessee project," said Deadline movie director Curt Hahn.
The movie was filmed and produced in the mid-state. Even the actors are local.
"Virtually every case the people from Tennessee beat out the people from Chicago, Atlanta and Los Angeles," said Hahn.
The film "Deadline" is based on true events that happened in South Carolina when a black teen was shot and killed, his murder never investigated.
"Almost 20 years later, a young woman hears about this murder and decides to do something about it. She goes to the local newspaper," said Hahn.
The story follows two investigative reporters as they try to solve the murder which in the movie takes place in the middle Tennessee and southern Alabama.
Filming a movie in the mid-state is something that does not happen often.
"Here is the challenge we face : Those other states, they have instituted tax incentives to actually save film makers money, to attract them to come film in their states. In the state of Tennessee, we have chosen not to compete at the top level with states such as Louisiana and Georgia," said Hahn.
Hahn says "Deadline" has a similar feel to movies like "The Help" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" and hopefully this movie will create conversations and solutions.
"We still have and awful lot of intolerance in this country and in this world and hopefully Deadline can contribute to promoting tolerance," said the director.
The director and many actors will go on a 42 city premiere tour across the United States, starting right in Nashville at the Green Hills Regal Cinema on February 15th.
Money from the premiere will help benefit Nashville's Family and Children's Service.
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